Attaching files on a php form

Question

I have included a code in my php form for attaching files, please find the code below. In my code I have mentioned to only to accept *.doc, *.docx and *.pdf but its accepting all the extensions

function checkType() {
                    if(!empty($_FILES['fileatt']['type'])){
                        if(($_FILES['fileatt']['type'] != "application/msword")||($_FILES['fileatt']['type'] != "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document")||($_FILES['fileatt']['type'] != "application/pdf")) {
                            echo "Sorry, current format is <b> (".$_FILES['fileatt']['type'].")</b>, only *.doc, *.docx and *.pdf are allowed." ;
                            }
                        }
                    }

possible duplicate of [How can I only allow certain filetypes on upload in php?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2486329/how-can-i-only-allow-certain-filetypes-on-upload-in-php) — Shmwel, Jun 11 '14 at 05:46

Cristofor · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-14T09:30:29.743

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function checkType() {
    if(!empty($_FILES['fileatt']['type'])){
        $allowed =  array('doc','docx' ,'pdf');
        $filename = $_FILES['fileatt']['name'];
        $ext = pathinfo($filename, PATHINFO_EXTENSION);
        if(!in_array($ext,$allowed) ) {
            echo "Sorry, current format is <b> (".$_FILES['fileatt']['type'].")</b>, only *.doc, *.docx and *.pdf are allowed." ;
            return false;
       }
    }
    return true;
}

edited Jun 14 '14 at 09:30

answered Jun 11 '14 at 05:58

Cristofor

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Sorry, just forgot to put return statements. – Cristofor Jun 14 '14 at 09:30

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 11 '14 at 06:01

if ((($_FILES["file"]["type"] == "image/gif")
|| ($_FILES["file"]["type"] == "image/jpeg")
|| ($_FILES["file"]["type"] == "image/jpg")
|| ($_FILES["file"]["type"] == "image/pjpeg")
|| ($_FILES["file"]["type"] == "image/x-png")
|| ($_FILES["file"]["type"] == "image/png"))
&& ($_FILES["file"]["size"] < 20000)

You can use something like this change image into word format.Or you can store the extensions in array and can check condition for efficent coding.I just gave you an idea NOT EXACT ANSWER

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 11 '14 at 06:12

You can use in_array() to check extension.

function checkType($data, $ext)
{
    $filename   = $data['name'];
    $pathinfo   = pathinfo($filename, PATHINFO_EXTENSION);

    // Checking
    if(in_array($pathinfo, $ext))
    {
        // TRUE
        return TRUE;
    }

    // FALSE
    return FALSE;
}

$checkType = checkType($_FILES['video_file'], array('doc', 'docx', 'pdf');

var_dump($checkType);

Attaching files on a php form

3 Answers3